350 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
broad, coriaceous, glabrous, dull; lateral nerves 5-6 on each side, rather 
oblique, raised on both surfaces, especially the upper; petiole stout, 
24-4 lin. long. Only detached flowers known. Receptacle and calyx 
together cupular or campanulate, 2lin.long. Calyx truncate, irregularly 
split, 1} lin. long. Corolla 14 in. long in bud, glabrous outside, apical 
swelling oblong-ellipsoid, rounded, 3-34 lin. long, basal swelling sub- 
globose, 2} lin. long, 13-2 lin. in diam. ; lobes oblanceolate, 3-1 lin. 
broad. Filaments inserted 44 lin. below the apex of the corolla-lobes, 
about 2 lin. long, tooth 3 lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, 1} lin. 
long. Disc pentagonal, } lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened 
part about 34 lin. long, neck hardly 1 lin. long. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Lecard, 83! 84! 
Very near LZ. Pentagonia, DC., from which it seems to differ in the dark brown 
branchlets, larger leaves and more elongated apical swelling of the corolla. De 
Wildeman states that the cerolla-lobes are erect, but in view of the close relationship 
with Z. Pentagonia this seems doubtful. 
140. L. guttatus, Sprague. Branches stout, flexuous, 23—5 lin. in 
diam., brown, rather finely and densely lenticellate, lenticels elongated 
horizontally; branchlets 1-14 lin. in diam., pale brown; internodes 
4-1} in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, lanceolate, obtuse at the 
apex, obtuse or cuneate at the base, 34-5 in. long, 10-18 lin. broad, 
thickly coriaceous, glabrous, penninerved ; lateral nerves 4—5 on each 
side, very oblique, slightly raised on the upper surface, hardly visible on 
the lower, anastomosing far from the margin; petiole 3-6 lin. long. 
Umbels axillary and on the old wood, solitary or fascicled, 4-flowered ; 
peduncle 14-1? lin. long, sockets cupular, 2 lin. deep ; pedicels 4—j lin. 
long ; bract ovate-cupular, dorsal margin 3-3 lin. long, truncate or 
obtuse, ventral margin 3-;% lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together 
campanulate, wide-mouthed, 13-1? lin. long, pale green. Calyx trun- 
cate, Z lin. long. Corolla over 14 in. long, glabrous outside, reddish, 
densely spotted with white, apical swelling in bud oblong-ellipsoid, 
5-ribbed, 2 lin. long, basal swelling obovoid-globose, 2 lin, long, about 
1} lin. in diam. ; tube split unilaterally 6-7 lin. down ; lobes deep red, 
reflexed, subspathulate, 34-34 lin. long, about 3 lin. broad. Filaments 
inserted }—} lin. below the base of the corolla-lobes, deflexed, 2} lin. 
long, tooth 4 lin. long; anthers oblong-linear, 12 lin. long. Dis¢ 
pentagonal, 4 lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 
deep red, 3 lin. long, neck hardly 1} lin. long. 
_ Mfozamb. Distr. North-west Rhodesia: near Bwana Mkubwa, 4500 ft. 
Rogers, 8320! Mashonaland: Mazoe District, Zyles, 369! 
The flowers are like those of L. alatus, De Wild., except that the apical swelling 
of the bud is not winged and that there appears to be only one stage in the expansion 
of the flower. 
141. L. syringifolius, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx.115. Branchlets 
glabrous, internodes 3-14 in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate, acute at 
the apex, subcordate at the base, 1} in. long, 1 in. broad or less, very 
thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves about 2 on each side, oblique, 
